The Biggest Mind Game: Why Facts Fail and Stories Succeed in Indian Politics
M. VIREN
Aug 2025 · M. VIREN
Ebook
258
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Why do millions of Indians ignore facts and continue to follow political leaders blindly—even when their lives remain unchanged or get worse?
Why does logic fail where loyalty wins?
And why is Indian politics more about emotion, identity, and stories than data and truth?
In The Biggest Mind Game: Why Facts Fail and Stories Succeed in Indian Politics, M Viren delivers a piercing, deeply insightful examination of how narratives, memory, caste, class, and cultural identity shape political behavior in India more than any manifesto ever could.
Drawing from real-life case studies, rural India experiences, and psychological concepts like moral tribalism, betrayal aversion, and the backfire effect, this book shows how politicians manipulate emotional pain into votes—and how even the most rational people can be trapped by the stories they were born into.
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